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I am not sure what is more ridiculous, the person who believes they are entitled to something for nothing, or the crew who felt it was necessary to return to the airport over it. Perhaps if the purser had taken the time to match the number of butts in seats to the paperwork. Could have saved alot of people alot of time and money.
A coach passenger who refused to leave a first class seat aboard a Jamaica-bound flight Tuesday night caused the plane to make a diverted landing at Miami International Airport.
American Airlines Flight 838 departed Miami at 6:38 p.m. for Montego Bay, but the pilot quickly returned for a 7:06 p.m. landing, according to airport officials and aviation website flightstats.com.
The incident happened when a flight attendant asked to see the boarding pass of a passenger seated in first class, airline spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said. The passenger, who was supposed to be in coach, refused to take his actual seat.
The plane, an Airbus A300-600 with 127 passengers and nine crew members, returned to Gate D-44, where police boarded the plane and interviewed the passenger, Huguely said.
No charges were filed, and the passenger did not reboard the flight, which took off again for Montego Bay at 7:56 p.m.
I am not sure what is more ridiculous, the person who believes they are entitled to something for nothing, or the crew who felt it was necessary to return to the airport over it. Perhaps if the purser had taken the time to match the number of butts in seats to the paperwork. Could have saved alot of people alot of time and money.
A coach passenger who refused to leave a first class seat aboard a Jamaica-bound flight Tuesday night caused the plane to make a diverted landing at Miami International Airport.
American Airlines Flight 838 departed Miami at 6:38 p.m. for Montego Bay, but the pilot quickly returned for a 7:06 p.m. landing, according to airport officials and aviation website flightstats.com.
The incident happened when a flight attendant asked to see the boarding pass of a passenger seated in first class, airline spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said. The passenger, who was supposed to be in coach, refused to take his actual seat.
The plane, an Airbus A300-600 with 127 passengers and nine crew members, returned to Gate D-44, where police boarded the plane and interviewed the passenger, Huguely said.
No charges were filed, and the passenger did not reboard the flight, which took off again for Montego Bay at 7:56 p.m.